Gloria E. Anzalda by Gra?yna Zygad?o - 9781032425566

Gloria E. AnzaldaFeminist Body Writing and Borderlands\nAuthor(s): Gra?yna Zygad?o\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032425566, 978-1032425566\nSynopsis\nGloria E. Anzalda is a crucial figure in contemporary border and womens studies. When in 1987 she published her groundbreaking book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, she became one of the most often quoted writers of the USMexico border, but she remains relatively little known outside Americas.\n\nIn one of the first monographs written on her work, Gra?na Zygad?o introduces Anzaldas work and outlines her feminist revisionist thinking to new audiences, especially in Europe. The author defines these borderlands as areas where numerous systems of power, exploitation, and oppression intersect capitalism, patriarchy, racism, and white mans supremacy. She also concentrates on the innovative philosophy of womens writing from the body that Anzalda has propagate.